APEC – Khon Kaen

International Symposium 2013

15 Sep. 2013. Innovation of Mathematics Education

through Lesson Study: Challenging from

Mathematics Education to

Emergency Preparedness Education

<Focusing on Flood and Typhoon>

Auijit Pattanajak, Maitree Inprasitha, and Narumol Inprasitha

Center for Research in Mathematics Education (CRME), Khon Kaen University

Introduction

Natural disasters are important factors

effecting to people in the world. In Thailand,

we have many kinds of disasters.

Flood was happen frequently in all areas of

Thailand, but it has many effects level depend

on the number of tropical storm or depression

in each year and the number of thunderstorm

are ongoing in all day and all night for 3-5

days. So, we have some experiences in

disasters.

Introduction (2)

Each time a disaster occurs; the damage is

enormous to human, animals, plants and

objects. Government and people look for many

resources to help for reconstruction and

restoration of such damage.

After the flood ( Oct., 2011), we have many

projects to cope with that event, such as

Foundation of National Disaster Warning

Council, Thailand. However, the knowledge has still not been taught in the classroom.

Introduction (3)

• Today Topic

• 1 class at Demonstration School, for

students who have not experience of

flooding.

• 1 class from Project school in North part of

Thailand. This school has experiences of flooding every year.

Introduction (4)

• From the keynote session for the Project Targets, the role of Education in Natural Disasters, mathematical modeling and developing subject matter for mathematical activity, world experience of flood, typhoon, tsunami, earthquake, etc..

• We learned about how people can prepare and prompt for themselves in disasters.

• Issues for concern: the education for young generation to deal with the disaster in the world.

The framework

3 steps of lesson study and 4 steps of open

approach were integrate for mathematics

activity, as a model:

Methodology (1)

Step 1:

We did a tryout a lesson and reflection and the

lesson was improved.

Step 2:

The lesson were taught in another classroom.

The first pilot of the research lesson: We selected grade 8 at Demonstration School

of Khon Kaen University (Mor Din Daeng) to be

a target group.

The research lesson have two objectives

- What are flood and typhoon?

- How to prepare for yourself?”

- Mathematics problem about flood was applied.

Methodology (2)

Problem situation: Bangkok can support 17,800 million cubic meters of water without flooding. Bangkok has an area of 1,600 square kilometers. Think about how to find how high the water level is during the floods. What types of hardship and damage can this flood cause?

Methodology (3) Task 1

D-book

The findings The result showed that:

Most of the students’ solution were clear for

awareness about flood and typhoon situation,

such as:

- They know what flood and typhoon is, and

how to prepare when they encounter with such

situation.

- From all information, they try to do

something to survive.

etc.

The findings (2) • Houses were swept to the ground or totally

destroyed and some areas was landslides.

• Animals were injured or killed.

• Damage to infrastructure such as water

supply system is not working, power outages,

communication system failure, etc.

• Loss of agricultural resources, including

agricultural land vehicles, animals and plants,

seed storage barn, etc.

Some of students’ answer

Some of students’ answer

Collaboratively See (reflect):

Classroom’s video It is going to edit

A case study 1: Wat Predaram School • Wat Predaram school is located in the central

of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. The

school have had a small flooded every year.

• Water level is different in each year, such as in

2011, 1.5 meter high and last year was 50 cm.

• How to know about the volume of water? (They

get information from weather news, opening the

floodgates of the dam, and local news).

• If there are some water about 5-10 cm the

school will announce to cancel class.

A case study 1: • Indemnity for school:

- school schedule will be plan and announce.

- repair or reconstruct

However, mathematics curriculum are not comes in to class yet.

A case study 2: Ban Si Yoi School • Ban Si Yoi school was created the project to

solve flood problem, because they met flood

event every year. The school used lesson study

and open approach as a methods for learning

and teaching with all grades level. The target

group was 150 students, 14 teachers, 40

peoples from school board and parents.

• Mathematics is a sub-project, they focus on

loss of agricultural resources, including

agricultural land, vehicles, animals and plants,

seed storage barn, etc.

Conclusions

• Students should learn this topic in more

classes.

• Mathematics content should be related

with this topic are estimation, statistic in

grade 4-6.

Mathematics content should be related with

this topic are ratio, statistic in grade 8.

Concluding Remark • Preparedness for flood and typhoon, we need

to pay more attention to children and youth by

providing teaching and learning in schools.

Including preparation of general knowledge to

be shared with people for the knowledge and awareness of the importance of such situation.

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Acknowledgement

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Commission on Higher Education

Center for Research in Mathematics Education

Khon Kaen University

Centre of Excellence in Mathematics

and Faculty of Education